Case Files Read By Larry Verstraete
| Title | : | Case Files |
| Author | : | Larry Verstraete |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 155 pages |
| ISBN | : | 1443100005 |
Who is the murderer Whose body is it How can it be proved A killer had been caught, convicted and sentenced, the case closed, all in 114 days No one suspected least of all the boy on death row that the case was far from over, or that it would take almost 50 years for a tiny piece of scientific evidence to answer the question Was he really the murderer 40 amazing s Who is the murderer Whose body is it How can it be proved A killer had been caught, convicted and sentenced, the case closed, all in 114 days No one suspected least of all the boy on death row that the case was far from over, or that it would take almost 50 years for a tiny piece of scientific evidence to answer the question Was he really the murderer 40 amazing stories of how scientists solved crimes, revealed identities, untangled evidence and discovered the truth By Larry Verstraete, award winning author of At the Edge Daring Acts in Desperate Times, Survivors True Death Defying Escapes, Lost Treasures and Accidental Discoveries
about Author
At nine years old, there were subtle signs that Larry Verstraete might be a writer some day While thumbing through a toy catalog just before Christmas, he found, and then later received, the perfect gift a small toy printing press The summer after, Larry and a friend started an ambitious publishing project, aiming to become as he puts it, rich and famous with the printing press Their goal w At nine years old, there were subtle signs that Larry Verstraete might be a writer some day While thumbing through a toy catalog just before Christmas, he found, and then later received, the perfect gift a small toy printing press The summer after, Larry and a friend started an ambitious publishing project, aiming to become as he puts it, rich and famous with the printing press Their goal was to publish and sell a newsletter filled with stories gathered around the neighborhood For a week, the two would be reporters spied on neighbors, filling notepads with facts and observations But when they started setting the stories into type on the printing press, the project floundered The work was too boring, too tedious, and they abandoned dreams of fame and wealth in favor of enjoyable summer pastimes like swimming and biking That was Larry s earliest foray into writing, and although that venture was a gob smacking failure, the drive to write simmered below the surface for years One day, older now with a science degree under his belt and a teaching career already well in hand, fate intervened While waiting for a haircut in a salon, a magazine ad for a correspondence writing course caught his eye, rekindling his desire to write and be published He clipped out the ad, enrolled in the course and as the saying goes the rest is history.One of his first course assignments was to write a non fiction article for children He quickly latched on to a topic that fascinated him accidental discoveries in science By the end of the course, he d written about 25 short stories, each telling about a breakthrough in science that owed much to a mistake, mishap, coincidence or spectacular blunder That became his first Scholastic book The Serendipity Effect later re issued under the title Accidental Discoveries From Laughing Gas to Dynamite Since then, Larry has published 13 non fiction books and 1 middle grade novel The roots of his writing lie deep in his own personal experiences and his interests in science, history and true adventure For Larry, ideas usually begin with an intriguing story, event or fact, something that triggers his curiosity He and his wife are devoted travelers, and each trip offers fresh opportunities to discover new writing material Becoming lost on a mountain hike in Colorado, for example, sparked the idea for Survivors True Death Defying Escapes, and visiting the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona the place where Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto eventually became C is for Compare in his book S is for Scientists A Discovery Alphabet Some key accomplishments of Larry s career include Two time recipient of Ontario s Silver Birch Award for Non fiction Survivors True Death Defying Escapes At the Edge Daring Acts in Desperate Times Two time recipient of the McNally Robinson Book of the Year for Young People Award Lost Treasures True Stories of Discovery S is for Scientists A Discovery Alphabet Awarded B.C s Red Cedar Award Survivors True Death Defying Escapes Nominated for the Norma Fleck Award Accidental Discoveries From Laughing Gas to Dynamite Nominated for the New York Reading Association Charlotte Award Alberta s Rocky Mountain Award Surviving the Hindenburg Among other distinctions Honor winner, 2014 Story Telling World Resource Awards Surviving the Hindenburg Runner up, 2012 USA Best Book Awards, Children s Picture Book Surviving the Hindenburg Outstanding Science Trade Book of 2011 by the National Science Teachers Association and Children s Book Council S is for Scientists A Discovery Alphabet Selected, 2001 Canadian Toy Testing Council, 25 Great Books, Whose Bright Idea Was It 
Surviving the Hindenburg
At the Edge: Daring Acts in Desperate Times
S Is for Scientists: A Discovery Alphabet
Missing in Paradise
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Published :2016-02-08T02:43+01:00
Who is the murderer Whose body is it How can it be proved A killer had been caught, convicted and sentenced, the case closed, all in 114 days No one s
155 pagesLarry Verstraete
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